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POLITICAL TURNCOATS MAHARASHTRA
TMC split buzz: Why do Indian politicians so readily abandon their parties?Speculation surrounds a potential split in the TMC party. Such defections are common in Indian politics, often engineered by other parties....
Maharashtra election: Maha Vikas Aghadi or Mahayuti... Independents, rebels may hold the keyMaharashtra gears up for a heated Assembly election as six major parties, including four claiming originality, vie for power. The BJP-Shiv ...
Maharashtra polls: Kin of influential leaders find place in BJP's first listThe BJP retains 71 MLAs and fields relatives of influential leaders in its first list of 99 candidates for the Maharashtra assembly polls. ...
RSS-linked weekly blames tie-up with Ajit Pawar-led NCP for BJP's poor show in LS pollsAccording to weekly, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members and others it interacted with said they did not approve of the party's move o...
Ministers who won, but still didn't make it to team ModiPrime Minister Narendra Modi has retained key leaders in his new Council of Ministers. However, some notable omissions include Anurag Singh...
Political defections shake up Maharashtra ahead of Lok Sabha pollsIn Maharashtra, BJP's Dhairyasheel Mohite-Patil leads defectors securing LS poll nominations. NCP factions have relied on turncoats for 50%...
CPI(M) says will make all efforts to strengthen INDIA bloc, slams Kerala CongCPI(M) vows to strengthen INDIA bloc after JD(U) exit; criticizes Congress in Kerala. Focus is on seat-sharing talks. BJP's victories attri...
Provide adequate central security force to protect rebel MLAs, Maharashtra Governor urges CentreMaharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Sunday urged the Centre to make adequate provision for Central Security Forces to be readily ...
View: Sachin Pilot not yet Rajasthan PCC president - Rahul Gandhi’s amazing graceWhy Rahul Gandhi should appoint him as Punjab PCC president in the face of stiff opposition not just from chief minister Captain Amarinder ...
How the absence of recognisable faces within BJP in Bengal is leading to a host of defections from TMCThe saffron party is aware of its lack of depth of talent in the state, say observers, adding that is why the BJP is trying to engineer def...
Don't compel us to look for alternative, Sanjay Raut warns ally BJPEver since the results were announced on October 24, there have been statements from sections in the Congress-NCP, though not officially, h...
Maharashtra poll results a rap on knuckles of arrogant rulers: SenaChief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had toured over 200 constituencies, out of the total 288, during his 'Maha Janadesh Yatra' ahead of the Oc...
Sharad Pawar’s one-man show proves he is a formidable force in Maharashtra79-year-old Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar threw a wet towel over the BJP’s victory parade by making a huge dent in the BJP’...
View: Democracy deals hubris a blowAnother notion that bites the dust is putative divorce between economic distress and popularity of the ruling party. Both these should have...
Sena mouthpiece hails Nehru, Congress for upholding parliamentary democracyIt took a dig at the party-hoppers for queueing up to join the ruling BJP and Sena ahead of the Maharashtra assembly elections.
Hard luck for 'turncoats' at the hustingsAmong other major turncoats, AAP candidate Dharamvira Gandhi is trailing from Patiala in Punjab.
Non-projection of CM candidate in Uttarakhand leaves voters guessingNon projection of a CM candidate despite going to the polls with an anti-corruption plank has confused voters who cannot decide who they sh...
Voters turn away candidates who switched over to improve their political fortunesEx-NCP chief Babanrao Pachpute, who joined BJP on the eve of Assembly polls, was defeated in Srigonda seat where voters reposed faith in NC...
- Political turncoats in for a close call
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